I always found Japanese cemeteries much more tranquil than western ones, and used to like visiting them just for that sense of peacefulness – except at night, when they’re far creepier than any in the West, except for maybe New Orleans, or France’s Pere Lachaise. Old, abandoned Japanese cemeteries are also scarier looking than Western ones. Do you have any photos of haka haikyo?

Yeah, I like wandering round them. Incredibly peaceful places. Except when it’s windy, as the sotoba – I think that’s the right name for the wooden sticks places behind the graves – rattle so much it almost seems like the dead are talking.

Never visited a haikyo graveyard. Never even thought about it to be honest. Does sound fascinating though.